- Death toll since August 8 225 (Maximum deaths reported from Thrissur, 52, Idukki, 44, and Malappuram, 30)
- Districts affected 13 (out of 14 districts)
- Relief camps opened 3,729
- People evacuated 8,58,382
- Estimated losses Rs 19,512 cr
The lens has been an inseparable part of the calamity in Kerala. Some frames documenting the event.
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“Where it pricks, hurts and bleeds is in the lack of transparency of the central government: in its actions and, mostly, the lack of them. We, the people, are not going to forget this.”
Parvathy, Actress
‘NDMA must inform agencies about how to act.... States must build rain shelters, buy equipment, and set up a chain of command down to the panchayats.”
M.S. Reddy, Former vice-chairperson, NDMA